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Thermal, mechanical and rheological properties of polylactide toughened by expoxidized natural rubber
Graphical abstract Display Omitted Highlights ► Epoxidized natural rubber was melt blended with polylactide as a toughening agent. ► The blends showed enhanced elongation at break and impact strength. ► An interaction between carbonyl group of PLA and hydroxyl function in ENR occurred. ► The samples revealed two crystal structures after annealed at 100°C for 60min.
Abstract This paper concerns on the use of epoxidized natural rubber (ENR) as toughening agent for polylactide (PLA). ENR with epoxidation content of 20mol% (ENR20) and 50mol% (ENR50) were separately melt blended with PLA using an internal mixer. DSC results suggested that PLA/ENR blends were amorphous after melt blending while they were crystalline and revealed two melting peaks in the thermograms after being annealed at 100°C. Mechanical tests showed that the introduction of ENR reduced the tensile modulus and strength but enhanced the elongation and the impact strength of PLA. The impact strength of the 20wt% ENR20/PLA and ENR50/PLA blends increased to 6-fold and 3-fold, respectively, compared to that of pure PLA. This enhancement was due to a good interfacial adhesion between ENR and PLA. Both ENR20/PLA and ENR50/PLA blends performed very strong shear thinning behavior, and the complex viscosity, storage and loss modulus of the blends also increased after blending with ENR.
Thermal, mechanical and rheological properties of polylactide toughened by expoxidized natural rubber
Graphical abstract Display Omitted Highlights ► Epoxidized natural rubber was melt blended with polylactide as a toughening agent. ► The blends showed enhanced elongation at break and impact strength. ► An interaction between carbonyl group of PLA and hydroxyl function in ENR occurred. ► The samples revealed two crystal structures after annealed at 100°C for 60min.
Abstract This paper concerns on the use of epoxidized natural rubber (ENR) as toughening agent for polylactide (PLA). ENR with epoxidation content of 20mol% (ENR20) and 50mol% (ENR50) were separately melt blended with PLA using an internal mixer. DSC results suggested that PLA/ENR blends were amorphous after melt blending while they were crystalline and revealed two melting peaks in the thermograms after being annealed at 100°C. Mechanical tests showed that the introduction of ENR reduced the tensile modulus and strength but enhanced the elongation and the impact strength of PLA. The impact strength of the 20wt% ENR20/PLA and ENR50/PLA blends increased to 6-fold and 3-fold, respectively, compared to that of pure PLA. This enhancement was due to a good interfacial adhesion between ENR and PLA. Both ENR20/PLA and ENR50/PLA blends performed very strong shear thinning behavior, and the complex viscosity, storage and loss modulus of the blends also increased after blending with ENR.
Thermal, mechanical and rheological properties of polylactide toughened by expoxidized natural rubber
Zhang, Chunmei (author) / Wang, Weiwei (author) / Huang, Yun (author) / Pan, Yonghao (author) / Jiang, Long (author) / Dan, Yi (author) / Luo, Yongyue (author) / Peng, Zheng (author)
2012-09-12
8 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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